Introduction

If you already bought the first book, you already recognize the awesome power of Group Policy. And you realize that "more is more" with Group Policy. More power, more control, and an easier experience for your users.

But you can't do it all just with Group Policy.

And that's where this book comes in.

It's going to take a well-rounded approach to manage and secure your Desktops. And Group Policy is one of those integral pieces. But there are other pieces of the puzzle, too, and this book contains all of them. Like understanding how profiles work, and dealing with distributing software, and delivering printers, and dealing with patches, and the list goes on.

We also dive into some awesome new technology, Microsoft's SoftGrid, to keep ...

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